American Trypanosomiasis 



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The disease, which in Minas Gaeras often attacks the entire popu- 

 lation, chiefly affects the children and goes by the local name of 



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Fig. 213. — I. Glossina paipalis cf X 6. 2. Glossina morsitans, 9X6. 

 (Patton and Cragg). 



Opilafao. In childhood it usually assumes the form of an acute 

 malady characterized by an incubation period of ten days, and by 

 high continued fever, puffiness of the face, enlargement of the 



